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File Name: 56039_contour_line
Description: A contour about to cross a stream runs up one side and down the other, making a V where it crosses, the angle of the V pointing up stream. Contour lines representing spurs between stream lines are generally U shaped with the bottom or rounded part of the U pointing down hill.
Source: Persons, Lieutenant Colonel William E., Wood, Infantry Major Oliver S., Plassmeyer, Infantry Major Joseph, Kellogg, Cavalry Captain Paul V., and McCammon, Infantry First Lieutenant John E. Military Science and Tactics (: The University Co-operative Store, 1922) 10
Keywords: contour lines, elevation, cartography, topography, topographic map, stream, river

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